UN: Thousands of honor killings each year
— AFP: “Some 5,000 women are murdered in honour killings every year, the UN’s top human rights official said Thursday, calling it an ‘extreme symptom of discrimination.'”
— “‘It has been estimated that as many as one in three women across the world has been beaten, raped or otherwise abused during the course of her lifetime,” said Navi Pillay in a statement. “Amongst the most extreme forms of abuse is what is known as ‘honour killing’,” added the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.”